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. STATS -LlBR 1 AiSIGH u c COUP ill x. . - v . V0L. XII. NO 513. Published Every Friday by W. O. Saunders at 505 E. Fearing St.. Elizabeth City. N. V. ELIZABETH CITY, N. C FRIDAY, FEBRUAY, 13 1920. Entered as Second Class Matter at the Post-office at Elizabeth City. C, June 9. 1908 $2.00 A YEAR PROPOSED FREIGHT RATE NCREASE MEETS PROTEST A SEED SPECIALIST Representatives From Every Town on Norfolk Southern Met in New Bern Wednesday to Frame Opposition to Freight Advances -i-.'nners and receivers of freight! arc ;;p in arms against the pro ved freight increase by the Xorfolk Southern R. R. and a .conference o f representatives from every city affected was held in New Bern Wednesday, Feb. 11 to frame a protest acainst the increase. Ww Bern. Goldsboro, Washington, Elizabeth City, Belhaven and in fact practically every town and city which is t0 be affected by this increase if it should go into effect, had representa tives at New Bern to discuss the pro posed action of the Norfolk Southern Railway Company and, the did not mince words in stating what they thought of the matter. It was pointed out that should the increase be granted, that it would mean taking of thousands of dollars annually from the Eastern part of the State and that every effort should be made to pre vent such an increase being granted. A committee was selected to draw up resolutions and after considerable delib eration they presented the . following which was unanimously adopted: The Resolution Adopted -Mr. C. G. Morris, chairman "We. your committee, after consid ering the facts outlined in United States Railroad Administration Docket A-906, same being proposal to revise and in crease all class commodity rates in the NOT A WRECK OFF NX COAST Remarkable Record of Late Storm and Some Facts About Hatteras and Diamond Shoals I I L - - ii p ft J- . . A CITY PLAYGROUND - r-.. D.liik tuil HERE HE IS AGAIN (By RALPH POOL) One of the most terrific storms of recent years visited the At lantic coast from Florida to Maine last week. Off the danger ous Cape Hatteras on the North Carolina seaboard the wind at tained a velocity estimated at 60 miles per hour, but, strange as it may seem, there was not a wreck on the Carolina coast. Captain Edgar Chadwick, super intendent of the Seventh Dis trict of the United States Coast Guard, characterizes this total absence of disatser as little short of a miracle Cape Hatteras. "the graveyard of ships," has but one rival, Cape Cod, off the Massachusetts coast, for the. prem- reflsp all class commodity raies m iue tiease an ki .... ;0ci,?r nf neril tr shinnine on the en- Eastern North Carolina, respecttully re- "J. seaboard7 The Diamond commend: Shoals, extending some 18 miles into the That in accordance with the notice , ocean f rom IIatteras , are practically cer-..i-ned by J. t. Haines, district chairman a.n destruction to any and all ships that our protests should be submitted inwhk.h nm afoui of tnem. The peculiar writing not later than 10 a. m. February , dangpr of theSe shoals lies in their soft Kith. 11-J: that a resolution voicing our fornmtion .hich permits the doomed protests should be filed with this com- fo si;de into them until it is caught mission setting iortn cerium "jfasr. instead of possibly bumping BUXTON WHITE THE average seed merchant knows skniit ' much about seeds, soils and climate as a book agent knows about literature; which Isnt very mncn. d merchant should know all about soils, climatic conditions and seeds suit- oil to oive environments. He snouia do oanahin of nrescribing tne Kina 01 seed for a certain locality as a doctor is supposed to be capable of prescno- ino the kind of tonic for a certain pny nriitinn Hun then is a seed aivai vuw..w... - - - mnrchant whose education and expor ience have peculiarly fitted him for the business. Buxton White is a graduate ftf the North Carolina A. &. M. College and was for two years connected with a a I S. the soil experiment station 01 ine worm nrniina Denartment ot AQricmmre. His work with the Experiment Station inturruated bv the war in which he volunteered and rose to the rank of Lieutenant in the army. He recently Stored the seed busines in this city and will grow and sell farm and garden seed adapted to the soils of this section. EPIDEMIC OF PARALYSIS ON ROANOKE ISLAND A city playground is a need which ; none of us may well deny ; though other projects show i no speed, we can't permit this one .to die. At pre- sent boys and girls run wild in every eoxtinn of the town with naught to I lead the wayward child away from things that lead straight down. The boundless energy of ;youth will find an outlet for its viii, and here, to tell the candid truthj a child's play- chance ls pretty slim. We have a worth-while, useful iY'V which helps - -j kAtai nton" hounnfl this we must now supply a playground, . wa hoast aaain. The City on the Pasquotank seems heedless of its greatest wealth, tne sjtui, ever ri- - sina rank of sons and daughters nivA them health! A playground ; . where, with cleancut play, their bodies may grow straight and strong will help them for that later day when life holds les$ of fun and song. Some citizens of i'sorry stripe are now emitting direful-wails, and one may. gather from -the!r yipe they hope the playground movement fails. The thing these selfish howlers fear is that the playground may be placed in time by their abodes too aear- hence the protest, In sudden haste. That their own kids will share tne - nlav. and erewhiles better grownups 06, moans ,iiujw m- mouths as thiry, who would be- grudge the children glee. Concern- in this self-centered tribe, we dare not sav all that wo think; profane would be this diatribe, thougn we - are quite a peaceful gink. A city .i....iniinii is otir need, eauinoed rinhtiv nunervized: else countless J r. . ... L. 1L. boys will go to seea ny pains m devil has devised, r support thereof. That a copy of this protestation should be filed with: X. B. Wright, chair man, Southern Freight Traffic Commis- them and being able to back off, as in the case of shoals of harder formation. Once firmly stuck, the swift tides cut the sand and silt away from about the Three Well Known Citizens Stricken Within a Week One Dead J 4 i tew- x .?s j i mmn A M ATTER OF DRAINAGE SIMPLY SAYS MR. PAGE State and Federal Aid to Put Pasquotank on State Highway Hinges Upon Enterprise ot uwn-f ers of Swamp Lands m INewland 1 ownsnip J. C; COMMANDER BACK ON THE JO X-RAY PHOTOS OF YOUR TEETH V Photo by Sklar HARRY M. SEELEY UNDER the caption, " Hustling Real tor." this newspaper attempted to pub lish a picture of Harry M. Seeley last week. There was something wrong with the printing plate and his- face looked like it had been massaged with a brick and annointed with soot. All of his friends to the number of a thou sand and odd have looked him p with in the week to see what the devil aiiea him and many were surprised to find him with a straight face and a wnoie skin. This then is an effort to set Mr. Seeley pictorially straight, to portray his pleasing psysiognomy in a true perspective. N.C. STATE NEWS A Digest of Everything Woith Knowing About Old North State Folks and Things man, isouiueru nnsm 1 i the sand and sut away irom uuum sion. Healey building, Atlanta, Ga.; In-;. . . f. deposit it under terstate Commerce Commission, Wash- , fa center-with the inevitable result inston. D. C; through its secretary, Geo. n- McGinty.; Hon. Walker D. Hiues. Director General Railroad, Wash ington. D. C Governor of Xorth Caroli na: Corporation Commission of Xorth Carolina; Each member of our Congres sional Delegation, Washington. We further recommend that the Gov ernor be requested to make available to the business men of Eastern Carolina the services of Attorney General of the State. "We further reccommend that counsel be employed with instruction to imme diately start preparation to resist the proposed revisal of rates and that he be instructed to exercise an iaciuu with view of suspending the promulga tion of the proposed rates with view of having an investigation by the Inter state Commerce Commission before saute are established. "That meeting requests the assistance of .Mr. M. It. Ueaman in effort to carry out these proposals. "We further recommend that the bus iness men, especially those at the con ference go on record as being willing to testify in proceedings as to actual commercial conditions as to how their various enterprises will be affected by the proposed readjustment. This rec ommendation is made in view of the fact that interstate Commerce Commission has repeatedly ruled the most concrete testimony is that offered by the shipper. w. ?i,,.ai. rprnmmend that ways and means should be adopted today to provide for meeting financial require ments for this case. ' We further recommend that all ship pers and manufacturers of the State be come members of the Xorth Carolina Traffic Association. We respectfully emphasize this recommendation due to the fact that practically every state in the uinon, except Xorth Carolina, has soi.K- central organization, owned, ope rated and controlled by shippers, whose diitv is to exercise watchfulness for that the ship, unable to support the tremendous weight of her forward end. breaks in two Xot one ship in a hun dred over gets off the Diamond Shoals. These fateful shoals are formed Dy the action of the tides flowing north and south along t h.e coast which meet off Hatteras and deposit their cargoes of mud and silt in a swirl of conflicting waters, the result being the Diamond Shoals, A constant source of danffer to shipping is the shifting of these shoals, which goes on day and I night. A year and a nan ago a Dig u. s nrmv transport, fortunately empty. encountered a new shoal three miles from any previously known formation. Though the shoal was less than half the lpnffth of the stranded vessel, the trans nort. buckled and broke in the middle in o fpw hours. As a place of safety for distressed a hreakwater has been construct ed to protect a small natural harbor at Con- T.ookout. 85 miles southwest of T To ffapa which is called the tiamor nf Tlpfnee. Due to the fact, however, that the former cape is far from tne regular shipping lanes, this harbor is of comparatively small value, tuougn n .on opfnmndatfi vessels of any size. There is a possibUitythat a coaling sta tion may be established there later, ww do shins risk destruction by com ing in close to Cape Hatteras? Here's the reason. By passing within the three-mile zone of comparative satety i.u'iii theHatteras lightship and the outer Diamond Shoals, a long detour is avoided. Skippers who have piloted their ships through this passage for years without a wreck gain a false MnSp of security, hence the frequent disasters both in times of storm and relative calm. The Gulf Stream, bear ing away toward Europe at this point, avoided, and valuable time, an important factor in any sort of trans portation, is saved. J.nus uoe l-onl vromontorv Oil tne aroiiua in; . . i coast exact with impunity us tv toll of ships and human life; Roanoke Island seems to be visited hv nn enidemic of paralysis. Three of its best known citizens have been strucK and there are vague reports of another case which has not been confirmed up to the time of this writing. One death has resulted already. On Friday night last Capt. Hilyard P-eele. mate on the Trenton -was com pletely paralyzed in his right side while sitting at supper on his steamer. ne romnined unconscious and died Saturday. Was buried in the Jit. Olivet Cemetery at Manteo. He is survived by a wife and one son. Belton Peele of Xorfolk, hi- n former marriaee. fi,f X. W. Kthendge. I . . t,. I. retired received a light attack in the left side last week. Capt. l.thenuge is one of the most widely known Coast Guard men on the Coast. The third person stricken was Jlrs. Frances Bliv- en. who is the wife of Capt. U. a. ru- en, U. S. U II. S. retired. Mrs. iili ven was totally paralyzed in the left ide. Elizabeth City Dentist Displays a Bold Stroke of Enterprise BAD ROADS TOO MUCH FOR A SUFFRAGETTE traffic conditions and has such, au x& ition been perfected the interest of i he shipper in this particular proceed-is:-c would have been protected." File Written Protest Following the' adoption of these res ':utions a telegram was dispatched to the Commerce Commission stating that the committee formed in Xew Bern de sired to file a written protest against (he proposed increase and that this i.,. ,-,..-ti.f-.mm? immediately. Also .-. .-omiiiittce was appointed to go to wgek urges all -pers0ns i-: .... , .... i.'..k nml be on hand ; sraieu.i t., to vn J h-. IitliWl.il Ul 1 X-iJm -"''- SIXTY CASES OF FLU REPORTED THIS WEEK About sixty mild cases of Influenza or La Grippe have been reported by local Medicos this week. The cases generally are of a mild nature. City Health Offi- T)r Wm. A. i'eters in a puunnucu hmond on Feb. l."ith and be on nanu symptoms of Influenza to go i person when tiic Hearing ii'" i , , tk no chances, iie urges ii was plainly evident to those in at- ; who have influenza to keep .i i,. T-fi stern ' al1 l,c" i,. :ei.i!;nne mat lll . ti.:., v,...,i. rn. thorousrhly aroused t" , i ...itn increase '.'i- iii:s proposed ircigut j h v,;,. pointed out that it will not af-, ,nltiton of their new n.en in the cities out, i ... hnnAr-A pris- w:vci v- children away from schools,, chur- wofViftrino i dies, theaters or any o"---"""- hundred ; . . i .i . i . . . : me hmi.- " . .. .. ' ,,..t ..fpvs. -.vili injure the farmers and everj one , thc Caledonia Prison the a,istance of the entire public m ! oners confined at the C ale . . - 1 .1 L .. I. O 1111 ill x -t . v i . .' .:. . ii i j nsiKHii lux. a ...- . . -n i : I j-.:i lie' ine jii KiMii"" L' 1 1 ! i i i ' tlx Boosts Water Transportation 'i-i... ..! freisrht increases uien water transportation a decided hoost anl has increased interest in the Plans of the Virginia-Carolina Naviga tion Co. to establish a line of freight ers on all northeastern Xorth Carolina water courses. -i . i i . ferred to the State Prison at naiegiu I - r-rii J.l--.4 T Orill VV II 1111 has next weeK. me iuu. - was sold at public auction iasi will then be turned over to the purchas ers it is an 800-acre tract 01 mgu., improved land, cut up into small farms, . , c. xror hnlf a million doi- nettea iue mac lars at the sale. Representative of National Woman's Party Has Horrible Experience in Auto Between Elizabeth Citv and Norfolk A larce audience assembled at the Al- krama Theatre at " o'clock last Sunday to hear Jliss JIary Winsor, of the Xat- : 1 TTmor,'o Partv disCUSS the SUb- Htll il 1 11 wui" " " ' -. . ject of equal -suffrage, missed a corking good speech on the subject otfcDau roaas. Jliss Winsor missed her train out of Xorfolk Sunday morning and attempt ed to get to Elizabeth City in an automo bile, being assured by two jitney drivers that they could bring her thru for $25 leaving Norfolk at 10:30 o'clock bun day morning, Jliss Winsor got within four miles of Elizabeth City by 4 o'clock that afternoon, after having been pulled out of the mud three different times! She finished the journey into Elizabeth City thru the kindly co-operation ot an old Xegro, a mule and a cart. And so the standard bearer for the Woman's Xational Tarty, whose em blem is white, purple and gold, made her anything but triumphal entry into Elizabeth City at o'clock Sunday af ternoon, too late to get her audience by the tail Jliss Winsor is a veteran suf fragist and one of the ablest speakers in the cause. She has traveled all over Europe and has crossed and recrossed the American continent in the cause of suffrage, and this was the first time she lecture engagement. She has promised to write an account of her experience for this newspaper and it promises to be a lively contribution to the literature on North Carolina roads. Jliss Winsor was dissapointed but not daunted. She says she will come to Elizabeth City again and get that speech off on an Elizabeth City audience, spite of our impassable roads. In the absence of Jliss Winsor, bun day, afternoon's audience was pleasant ly entertained by local talent. Jlrs. Fred W. Simonds sang two numbers, accompanied by Jlrs. I. JI. Jleekins at the piano. Secriary Case of the Cham ber of Commerce made a 00 minute speech. Elizabeth City has something seldom found outside the big cities; a dentist's ffiro pnninned with a complete and tho- rolv modern X-Ray labratory. Dr. Wm. Parker, the eityX youngest dentist is responsible-, for rji2ld. stroke .of en- trnrise. Since Roosevelt died of rheumatism brought about by a bad tooth the medi cal profession itself pays closer atten tion to the condition of the teeth M iline neoole X-Ray photographs of teeth are becoming more and more popu lar thev nrovide the only sure way of showing up a tooth, except pulling the tooth itself. The X-Kay detects hidden defects that ordinary probing never will reveal. Dr. Farker was also influenced in the fact that there isn't an X-Ray out fit available to local physicians and sur geons and hardly a week passes that ,hp local case does not have to be sent to a -Norfolk hold-up artist for an X-Ray exposure. Dr. Parker has gen erously made his X-Ray labratory avail able for any X-Ray .work required by physicians and surgeons in this section. Only last week there was brought to Elizabeth City a little girl from Dare i County, who had swallowed a grain oi corn. An X-Ray photo found the gram of corn in one of her lungs. About the same time a boy whose leg had been bro ken and set by a local physician was photographed and the X-Ray showed that the bones had slipped and were growing out of place. A photograph of the teeth of a young woman showed that a pin used by a dentist in filling a tooth years ago had gone thru the tooth and up into the soft bony struc ture of her upper jaw. Doctors say theX-Ray is also most efficacious In detecting the size of a pa tient's pocket book. Tfnr the information of those not fa miliar with the operation of the Roent gen or X-Ray, it may be said that mak imr nn X-Rav photograph is more sim ple and more positive in results than any other photography. The object to he nhotosrranhed is placed in front of the camera. The photographic plate is. placed on the back of the subject to be photographed. The electric current is switched on and in a few seconds the invxterious X-Ray has done its work. There is nothing spectacular or alarm ing about it. You can't see the X-Ray; the light from the machine doesn't look different, from any other electric ngnt. T)r Parker's enterprise is the talk ot the medical profession in this city and section and he is building up a practice here that will be heard from. Pure-bred livestock pays and this year farmers in 48 states are raising more purebreds than ever before. WILL DIRECT WAR ON HOG CHOLERA HERE Dr. N. H. Whitehill Takes Up Work Formerly Carried on Here by F. D. Owen Sing a song of cotton seed, Not mixed at the gin, One type for theeighborhood Brings the money in. TOO LATE TO PRINT Xews letters from Aydlett, Coinjock and .Tarvisburg reached this newspaper Thursday morning of this week too late for publication. This newspaper is printed Thursday evenings and only im portant items of news and advertise ments can be handled on Thursday, Cor respondents will do well to bear this in mind to avoid dissapointments. Dr. X. II. Whitehill has arrived in the city and will make his headquarters here while he engages in thc work of eradi cating hog cholera in the counties of Pasquotank. Camden, Currituck, Per quimans. Chowan, Gates, Northhamp ton Hertford. Bertie and Dare. Dr. Whitehill will continue organiz ing the work as it was begun by JJr. n . r nwon n ffiw years ago. He will as sist the serum administrators, give his ,oir in Ho gnosis, and keep the worK going throughout the section as thoroly as possible. Dr. .Whitehill has secured an office in the Chamber of Commerce rooms. In a drunken quarrel at Gastonia '. last week, one Richard Fisher, white, about 30 years old, was shot and killed by Effie Robinson, an alleged woman of notorious character. --The bullet was intended for one Wallace, who escaped I but was later arrested The neople of Durham have voted a bond issue of $fi5o,000 for the purpose of erecting several Tiew school buildings in that citv. In the special bond elec tion called for this purpose, 891 votes out of a possible 1,33a were cast tor tne bonds, and but 41 againn them. Declared unfit to serve the traveling public, the New Central hotel at 11am- '-LJ-Ul nd 4hg -Hotel r AhgrdeQfe- .... . deen must go out of business on or be fore JIareh 1st, by order of the State Board of Health, unless sanitary condi tions are immediately improved. Jn.st as she was passing the show window of a Durham garage, the vul canizing tank of the garage exploded and showered Jliss Nell Brock, high school girl of that city, with fragments of broken glass. The girl was thrown to the pavement by the force of the explosion, and her left arm was terri bly mangled so that it will probably have to be amputated. N When she jumped from an automobile I . . . , - .i . i f .i 'which has stauea on tne traens oi me Men hoard at Weldon last Tuesday a Jlrs. Scott of Roanoke Rapids was run into by a freight train and sustained serious ininries. one of her legs being cut olt The engineer of the train failed to see the woman in time to avert the acci dent. Just because a cow got on tlie railroad track and nermitted a train to run in to her, the engine and tender were de railed and considerably damaged, the en p-inper was thrown to the ground and painfully injured, and the offending cow was killed. The accident occurred tnis week on the Southern railroad near Asheville. L.ieut. William C. Rymer, a native of this State who mysteriously disappear ed from camp at Columbus, Ga. January 27th, has not yet been located, itymer is a married man, said to be of steady habits, six feet tall, slender, dark brown pvps nnnears to be 30 years of age, a,ifi of military carriage. No reason is oinpd for his disappearance, and rel atives believe that he has met with foul play. Incomplete reports from various sec tions of the State indicate that the drive f.. Svrinn-Armenian relief is going on uiinooKsfnllv everywhere. Cumberland .xiniitv- with an allotment of 90 orphans, reports that the quota has been doubled, and that it may be trebled by the end of the drive; JIacon county has more than reached its goal; Hoke Tyrrell, Tie.-mfort and Forsyth counties have oversubscribed; and Wake county is vir tually over the top. An accident fued between the JIull and IieFevers families m JsurKe coun ties, the matter in dispute being the boundary line seperating the property of the two families, has just taken another bloody toll. As a result of a fMit between the two factions, L.enoir mu i rlead. Andrew LeFevers, literally eut to pieces with an axe, is expected to die. and three others are horribly in jured. It is said that the JIulls had been drinking before the battle took place. On last Tuesday 3,582 new cases of influenza were reported to the btate itonrd of Health from 42 Xorth Caroli na counties, with60 cases of pneumonia and 27 deaths from . influenza-pneumonia. While this report indicates a slight decrease in the number of new cases of influenza, there is a distinct upward trend in the number of pneumonia cases and the death rate. About 35 per cent of the cases of pneumonia following in fluenza result fatally. Health author ities see no slackening as yet in the in fluenza epidemic which is sweeping over the State. Upon the enterprise and acti vity of the farmers of .Nejvland Township in upper Pasquotank County depends the only imme diate hope of State and Federal " . . aid for the construction . of a Is Again City Manager And Pro- hard surfaced highway, that will mises a Clean Town connect Elizabeth City with the ' - ! State Highway system, make ;:; J. C. Commander, the first City Man- possible a shorter route frotn ager of Elizabeth City under the lity . . , . -NTfii, j Jfanager Act of 1917, is again City Man- Elizabeth Ctty to Norfolk and ager of Elizabeth City, succeeding Fred make Newland Township one of ITT CSS 1 ...I. WAAATC4-1 Minail TVC . ' . '' , 1 1 -1 . owiuuua " icxxwj '"'(."- tne most accessiDie ana prosper Commaiader was appointed by the Board : t r , of Aldermen in special session last Fri'- ous rural communities of north day and has taken over the office .this eastern .North Carolina. week. He gives up extensive farming - The State Highway Commission will operations in Norfolk County, Virginia j nelp build a road from ' Elizabeth City to come back to his old job. v I to Gates - County, if Pasquotank - and . The appointment of Mr. Commander, Gates can show the Highway" Commis while disappointing to some who have sion a link between Pasquotank and their peculiar notions about the office of Gates. J That link can be easily provid- -City Manager,. is generally satisfactory ed by building three miles of road thru and probably the best move the Alder- a swamp between .Tadmore in Pasquo- men could have made. Some would like tank and Acorn Hill in Gates. . That, to see the office filled by a thoro busi- swamp is the only barrier. That swamp ness .man and a man of techinal engi- js above sea level and is easily drained. .... n l. II C D..4 miiali 4ka n4- m . . .. & t , nnJ uceruig nuiuij. aiul ouvu mcu xne IOTmatlon OI a uramage ui&i.vwi, uuu be employed on a salary of $2,400 a year the ' drainage of that swamp " will not. and that is all the salary provided for f road, but will drain a large area of a City Manager in the Legislative act 0f road, bu twill "drain a large area of creating the office for this city. Newland township and send land values n r n.w.nnlAv line h nrlvflntacre nf ! 4.vj. c-nolnir Tko nrv hank' i!Al . vvuuuauuci u.? o 1 1 1 uiai , iixrxi cis.&u. " - considerable experience in the ordinary of drainage canal three miles long from details of city management. . He may Tadmore to Acorn - Hill would . provide not know how to build a town, but he. the foundation and material, for the de- has demonstrated his ability to keep a sired' road. And "it is all a matter of - . i .i i Ml I . - - -m v town in order and this, he says he will do with the co-operation of thc women and all citizens interested in a clean town. V." :i Mr -Commander-says he purposes to take the people of the town into .. his confidence and to keep them;, informed as to the activities and plans, of ! hisV of fice. . K . It was a fine compliment the Board of Aldermen paid him in sending for him to get them out of a hole .into which "they had floundered and Mr. Com- on1n - canm a ment. In fact" he accepted : the office against the advice- and protests of ..his family:. and business associate drainage" declares Chairman Frank Page of the State Highway' Commis sion, Mr. Page knows 'thisi Every en- gmeer m the state knows 11. xi o ly up1 to Newland. ' - - , - From Acorn Hill in Gates county it is-only a distance of four miles to Sun bury in - Gates - County. The building of that swamp . road will have, the im mediate effect of putting JNewland town-r ship -eight miles nearer a railroad sta tion than it is now. That fact alone is worth a fortune to Newland. Another pf f t iof the buildine of thatjs swamp road will be to add the richest and most prbdu3tive..'.twnshio; ;j8rhglf.i.Ti-TS FIRST METHODISTS SHOW THEIR COLORS -oetiflff that - K'aiup-'. f ua';iwijgiMt- Five Adoptions of Armenian Orphans By Classes and Members of That Body Onlv one of all the churches and Sun dav Schools in Pasquotank County call ed unon to put over the Armenian-Sy rian Relief Campaign has been heard from to date- Out of the First M. ii Sunday School last Sunday came pled ges for the. adoption of three orphans at -?60 each. These pledges came from The Jfens Wesley Adult Bible Class, J. A. Hooper teacher; The Leigh Wes ley Adult Bible Class, J. B. Leigh, teach er; Young Women's Bible Class, Jlrs T,. R. Foreman, teacher. Other pledges received this week are from Mr. and Jlrs. L. R. Foreman who adopt one orphan,' and from Jlrs. J. Q. A. Wrood and W. P. Wood, who adopt one orphan. Fork School, Ralph Pool principal, a school that is always responsive to every worthy cause has announced that it will adont an orphan and a goodly part of the ?60 has already been raised. Unless there is a more hearty re- snonse to the anneal of the starving Ar menians within the next week, Pasquo tank will not make the showing expected of her; but, as previously stated, only one Sunday School in the entire city and county has shown its colors. Subscriptions should be made thru the County Chairman, W. O. Saunders and payments may be made to the trea surer, .Calvin H. Twiddy at the Savings Bank & Trust Co. Pledge cards will be forwarded to anv.one nerson upon request. Payment of the pledge may be made in full or in monthly installments running for one year, if desired. MASTER OF 20 MILLION WORDS DIED FEB. 8TH in two the distance between Elizabeth Citv and Sunbury. With a hard sur face road from Elizabeth City, a steady stream of traffic would flow between these two counties. . There is no mistaking, the attitude of Chairman Frank Page He puts himself squarely on record. In a letter to W. L. Cohoon. under date of Feb. 5, Jlr. Page stresses the importance of New land property owners organizing a drain age district to make that swamp road possible. In his letter Jlr. Page says:- "I cannot too strongly urge prompt activity in getting this district establish ed, because it really means, not only the --establishment of the drainage dis trict, but the establishment of a State highway when it is completed. "I am pleased that the suggestion of assisting your county in building a roai to Gatesville meets with your approval, and the approval of the Highway Com mission of Pasquotank County. In my oninion this road will not only be of vast benefit to your county, but it also conforms entirely with the law, as now existing, in the establishment of State roads from county seat to county seat, via the most practical routes, and i as sure you that it will be my pleasure to do whatever I can in assisting m the establishment and construction of this road. .. - I note with interest your reference to the apparent unpleasantness between your community and the State Highway Commission. I assure you that the State Highway Commission, every mem ber of it, has frequently expressed their., eagerness to be of service to your par ticular community, and all that I have asked in the past has been that the con ditions under which we could help you should conform to the law? under which we are working. This writer is very much pleased that this misunderstand ing has now been obviated and cleared up, and it now appears that we are in position to give you the assistance desired." F. L. J. Boettcher, Brother of Wm Boettcher of Elizabeth City Was a Hard Working Scientist F. L. J. Boettcher, a brother of Wm lioettcher of this city, died of pneumo nia at his home in Washington, D. C. last Friday. He was bS years old. F. L. J. lioettcher was a student and a scientiest of great versatility and abil- itv. He did much notable work for the Smithsonian Institution and the past 25 years of his life had been spent largely in the perfection of a universal lan imaee. a work which required the col classification and : V llll" - - m- --j co-ordination of more than 20 million words in several hundred languages and dialects. The great work in which he spent sd many years labor probably will die with its originator. The deceased is survived by a wife who is at this time the guest of Jlr. and Jlrs. Wm. Boettcher on Pennsyl vania avenue. COL. JOHN S. CUNNINGHAM IN ELI2BETH CITY TO-DAY Federal Prohibition Inspector Enlisting Support in War on Illicit Disti!- lers and Bootleggers J. H. LeRoy, manager of the Albe marle Fertilizer Co., has been on the sick list for the past week. Col. John S. Cunningham, Federal Prohibition' Inspector who is making an inspection of Eastern Xorth Carolina , counties is in Elizabeth City today. He is endeavoring to enlist the active sup port of every sheriff, mayor and other officials and all law abiding citizens in enforcing the prohibition laws. Col. funnineham stresses the fact that per sons who now engage in the illicit man ufacture of sale of -intoxicants violates the 18th. Amendment of the Constitu tion of the United States and will be fined and imprisoned for violation of the law. The accidental discharge of hi stifle"' caused the death of Herbert Huntley, 13 years 4Id, of Lenoir county several days ago. The rifle was known to be unsafe, and it is beueved that it went off as the boy was putting it away after a rab bit hunting trip. " 11 .'t i-1 'A - 1 . 6- 1-1 t 1 f r . - . ::i ' ' ' i M:'-